India’s relations with Swaziland are close, friendly and cordial. The Indian Mission in Maputo, which is concurrently accredited to Swaziland, maintains regular contacts with the Swazi authorities. The Swazi King, Mswati III, met the Prime Minister of India during the India Africa Forum Summit in Addis Ababa in May 2011, the only contact at the highest level.

While there have been an exchange of Ministerial visits, the bulk of visits have been from the Swazi side to India, especially to attend the annual CII-EXIM Bank Africa Conclaves and for other multilateral events. From the Indian side, MoS for Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation visited Swaziland on 13-14 July, 2015 as Special Envoy

of PM to invite King Mswati III for the Third India-Africa Forum Summit (IAFS) scheduled to be held in New Delhi in October 2015. Smt. Preneet Kaur, MOS for

External Affairs had also visited Swaziland in May, 2011 to invite the Swazi King and Foreign Minister to attend the Second India-Africa Forum Summit the same month in

Addis Ababa.Lines of Credit: The Government of India has provided two Lines of Credit to

Swaziland: (i) US$20 million for setting up Information Technology Park and (ii)

US$37.9 million for an agriculture development and mechanization project. Both

projects are presently under implementation.

Trade: As per DGCIS Kolkata figures, bilateral trade between Indian and Swaziland

during 2014-15 amounted to US$61.97 million, registering a decline of 58%

compared to 2013-14. However, India’s exports during 2014-15 increased to

US$39.94 million compared to US$22.63 million in 2013-14, registering an increase

of 76.49%. On the other hand, Swaziland’s exports to India declined sharply by

82.35% to US$ 22.03 in 2014-15 compared to US$124.84 in 2013-14. The main

exports from India to Swaziland are pharmaceutical products, gold and precious